Mumbai: An accidental encounter between Maharashtra MP CM Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in a lift at Vidhan Bhawan on Thursday sent shockwaves through the state's political circles.
On the first day of the monsoon session of the state legislature, Fadnavis and Thackeray found themselves waiting for the lift together.
A viral video shows the two leaders exchanging a few words. When asked later about the conversation, Thackeray said, “People must have thought of the song, 'na na karte pyar tumhi se kar baithe' (I fell in love with you despite denials). But that won't happen."
Elevators do not have ears, so it is a good suggestion to have more such meetings in elevators, Thackeray added on a lighter note, while speaking to reporters.
Thackeray said that he could not infer anything else from the elevator encounter as it was an "unexpected encounter".
BJP legislator Pravin Darekar, who was also in the lift, said, “When the lift doors opened, Fadnavis walked towards the ruling party office side and Uddhav ji walked towards the opposition party office. This means that he has no intention of joining the ruling courts.”
BJP Chief Minister Chandrakant Patil also met Thackeray at the office of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Ambadas Danve.
Patil gifted Thackeray a bouquet and a milk chocolate. "Tomorrow you will give another chocolate to the people," Thackeray joked, in an apparent reference to sops being part of the state budget to be presented on Friday.
This is the last legislative session before the state assembly elections scheduled in four months. There are reports that the Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP is planning to present a "please everyone" budget ahead of the assembly elections.
It is speculated that after the debacle of the Mahayuti alliance in the recent Lok Sabha elections, deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, is set to present a populist budget.
Of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, the ruling alliance won 17, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi combine of Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT) won 30.
On the first day of the monsoon session of the state legislature, Fadnavis and Thackeray found themselves waiting for the lift together.
A viral video shows the two leaders exchanging a few words. When asked later about the conversation, Thackeray said, “People must have thought of the song, 'na na karte pyar tumhi se kar baithe' (I fell in love with you despite denials). But that won't happen."
Elevators do not have ears, so it is a good suggestion to have more such meetings in elevators, Thackeray added on a lighter note, while speaking to reporters.
Thackeray said that he could not infer anything else from the elevator encounter as it was an "unexpected encounter".
BJP legislator Pravin Darekar, who was also in the lift, said, “When the lift doors opened, Fadnavis walked towards the ruling party office side and Uddhav ji walked towards the opposition party office. This means that he has no intention of joining the ruling courts.”
BJP Chief Minister Chandrakant Patil also met Thackeray at the office of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, Ambadas Danve.
Patil gifted Thackeray a bouquet and a milk chocolate. "Tomorrow you will give another chocolate to the people," Thackeray joked, in an apparent reference to sops being part of the state budget to be presented on Friday.
This is the last legislative session before the state assembly elections scheduled in four months. There are reports that the Mahayuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP is planning to present a "please everyone" budget ahead of the assembly elections.
It is speculated that after the debacle of the Mahayuti alliance in the recent Lok Sabha elections, deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, is set to present a populist budget.
Of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, the ruling alliance won 17, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi combine of Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT) won 30.
